schooled and unschooled partners
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In a message dated 4/17/03 11:07:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< My husband has a career in music and we are planning on sharing the
responsibilities of unschooling. Do any other couples both work part time or
share responsibilities like this. >>
Somewhat.
Most of the day to day stuff falls on my shoulders. But we run a home
business and I work part time outside the home, so we tag team it.
He usually gets home right before or after I leave (13 y.o. helps out on the
in between times) and he's usually ready to fall asleep by the time I get
home from work around 9:30pm. That's the start of another segment of our day
though. The kids and I watch tv, draw, eat and play games until 11pm or so.
Dh mostly just plays with them at home, I do the away from home lessons and
such most of the time.
But in a pinch, he helps out with the running too.
It's worked out really great most of the time. I'm only working 12-18 hours a
week though, that helps a lot.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<< My husband has a career in music and we are planning on sharing the
responsibilities of unschooling. Do any other couples both work part time or
share responsibilities like this. >>
Somewhat.
Most of the day to day stuff falls on my shoulders. But we run a home
business and I work part time outside the home, so we tag team it.
He usually gets home right before or after I leave (13 y.o. helps out on the
in between times) and he's usually ready to fall asleep by the time I get
home from work around 9:30pm. That's the start of another segment of our day
though. The kids and I watch tv, draw, eat and play games until 11pm or so.
Dh mostly just plays with them at home, I do the away from home lessons and
such most of the time.
But in a pinch, he helps out with the running too.
It's worked out really great most of the time. I'm only working 12-18 hours a
week though, that helps a lot.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robin Clevenger
<< My husband has a career in music and we are planning on sharing the
responsibilities of unschooling. Do any other couples both work part time or
share responsibilities like this. >>
Yes, we're an unjobbing, unschooling family. We run our own business, my DH
does most of the actual business work though I do some of the computer stuff
for the business. He's usually gone from home about 30 hours a week. For my
part, I'm working on my first novel, editing it, finding an agent, and that
takes about 10 - 25 hours a week of my time, and I do part-time swim
coaching as well.
For most of the day-to-day activities, I'm the main reference point. I'm the
keeper of the schedule - what activities we're going to, what playdates we
have during the week, etc. I'm the one who organizes any homeschool group
activities that we're going to sponsor - field trips or the like. DH
sometimes takes the kids to playdates or group activites - park day or
whatever, and he's usually home for a good chunk of the daylight hours, so
he spends a lot of time with the kids. Yesterday, he baked cookies, for
instance. Housework and things like grocery shopping are done by whomever is
home at the time. I do the bedtime routine with the kids, except for nights
that I have something like my writer's group meetings.
I think it really helps that our homeschool group has a large number of
families with similar schedules or ways of juggling time, so there are a lot
of involved dads. Last week at park day, there were five dads there, for
instance. So my husband never has to feel like the lone male in the group.
When we lived in the Seattle area and he was a full-time SAHD, he was often
the only man at the park.
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
responsibilities of unschooling. Do any other couples both work part time or
share responsibilities like this. >>
Yes, we're an unjobbing, unschooling family. We run our own business, my DH
does most of the actual business work though I do some of the computer stuff
for the business. He's usually gone from home about 30 hours a week. For my
part, I'm working on my first novel, editing it, finding an agent, and that
takes about 10 - 25 hours a week of my time, and I do part-time swim
coaching as well.
For most of the day-to-day activities, I'm the main reference point. I'm the
keeper of the schedule - what activities we're going to, what playdates we
have during the week, etc. I'm the one who organizes any homeschool group
activities that we're going to sponsor - field trips or the like. DH
sometimes takes the kids to playdates or group activites - park day or
whatever, and he's usually home for a good chunk of the daylight hours, so
he spends a lot of time with the kids. Yesterday, he baked cookies, for
instance. Housework and things like grocery shopping are done by whomever is
home at the time. I do the bedtime routine with the kids, except for nights
that I have something like my writer's group meetings.
I think it really helps that our homeschool group has a large number of
families with similar schedules or ways of juggling time, so there are a lot
of involved dads. Last week at park day, there were five dads there, for
instance. So my husband never has to feel like the lone male in the group.
When we lived in the Seattle area and he was a full-time SAHD, he was often
the only man at the park.
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
Backstrom kelli
Robin, it was great to hear your news about you and your husband. Gary is really excited about unschooling our children together. I am particularly interested, however in your remarks about writing your novel. I am attempting to do some writing now as well and could really use some support... ie. mentoring. Maybe we could talk some time off the list. Thanks, Kelli
Robin Clevenger <diamondair@...> wrote:<< My husband has a career in music and we are planning on sharing the
responsibilities of unschooling. Do any other couples both work part time or
share responsibilities like this. >>
Yes, we're an unjobbing, unschooling family. We run our own business, my DH
does most of the actual business work though I do some of the computer stuff
for the business. He's usually gone from home about 30 hours a week. For my
part, I'm working on my first novel, editing it, finding an agent, and that
takes about 10 - 25 hours a week of my time, and I do part-time swim
coaching as well.
For most of the day-to-day activities, I'm the main reference point. I'm the
keeper of the schedule - what activities we're going to, what playdates we
have during the week, etc. I'm the one who organizes any homeschool group
activities that we're going to sponsor - field trips or the like. DH
sometimes takes the kids to playdates or group activites - park day or
whatever, and he's usually home for a good chunk of the daylight hours, so
he spends a lot of time with the kids. Yesterday, he baked cookies, for
instance. Housework and things like grocery shopping are done by whomever is
home at the time. I do the bedtime routine with the kids, except for nights
that I have something like my writer's group meetings.
I think it really helps that our homeschool group has a large number of
families with similar schedules or ways of juggling time, so there are a lot
of involved dads. Last week at park day, there were five dads there, for
instance. So my husband never has to feel like the lone male in the group.
When we lived in the Seattle area and he was a full-time SAHD, he was often
the only man at the park.
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
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Robin Clevenger <diamondair@...> wrote:<< My husband has a career in music and we are planning on sharing the
responsibilities of unschooling. Do any other couples both work part time or
share responsibilities like this. >>
Yes, we're an unjobbing, unschooling family. We run our own business, my DH
does most of the actual business work though I do some of the computer stuff
for the business. He's usually gone from home about 30 hours a week. For my
part, I'm working on my first novel, editing it, finding an agent, and that
takes about 10 - 25 hours a week of my time, and I do part-time swim
coaching as well.
For most of the day-to-day activities, I'm the main reference point. I'm the
keeper of the schedule - what activities we're going to, what playdates we
have during the week, etc. I'm the one who organizes any homeschool group
activities that we're going to sponsor - field trips or the like. DH
sometimes takes the kids to playdates or group activites - park day or
whatever, and he's usually home for a good chunk of the daylight hours, so
he spends a lot of time with the kids. Yesterday, he baked cookies, for
instance. Housework and things like grocery shopping are done by whomever is
home at the time. I do the bedtime routine with the kids, except for nights
that I have something like my writer's group meetings.
I think it really helps that our homeschool group has a large number of
families with similar schedules or ways of juggling time, so there are a lot
of involved dads. Last week at park day, there were five dads there, for
instance. So my husband never has to feel like the lone male in the group.
When we lived in the Seattle area and he was a full-time SAHD, he was often
the only man at the park.
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
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